Psalms 44:22

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Complete Jewish Bible:

For your sake we are put to death all day long, we are considered sheep to be slaughtered.

Berean Standard Bible:

Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

American Standard Version:

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Yea, for thy sake are we killed{H2026}{H8795)} all the day{H3117} long; we are counted{H2803}{H8738)} as sheep{H6629} for the slaughter{H2878}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Romans 8:36

  • As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Isaiah 53:7

  • He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

Psalms 44:11

  • Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

John 16:2

  • They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

John 16:3

  • And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

John 15:21

  • But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

1 Corinthians 15:30

  • And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

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Commentary for Psalms 44:22

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H2026
    There are 158 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הָרַג
    Transliteration: hârag
    Pronunciation: haw-rag'
    Description: a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent; destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.
  2. Strong's Number: H3117
    There are 1931 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יוֹם
    Transliteration: yôwm
    Pronunciation: yome
    Description: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  3. Strong's Number: H2803
    There are 122 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָשַׁב
    Transliteration: châshab
    Pronunciation: khaw-shab'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute; (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
  4. Strong's Number: H6629
    There are 247 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צֹאן
    Transliteration: tsôʼn
    Pronunciation: tsone
    Description: or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
  5. Strong's Number: H2878
    There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: טִבְחָה
    Transliteration: ṭibchâh
    Pronunciation: tib-khaw'
    Description: feminine of טֶבַח and meaning the same; {properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)}; flesh, slaughter.